{
  "place_id": "khoinyky#7882_11664",
  "wikidata": "Q955588",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Хойнікі",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Khoiniki",
      "why": "Belarusian-based English form used in English geographical reference material; Russian-based names remain alternative search forms.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Khoyniki",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling of Хойники."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chojniki",
          "why": "Belarusian national romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; also a Polish spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Hojnìkì",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration of the Belarusian name; standard-derived bibliographic retrieval form, with medium confidence in textual occurrence."
        },
        {
          "name": "Хойнікі",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, useful in English quotations of local sources."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Khoïniki",
      "why": "French reference spelling, using ï in the first syllable. Attested in the French-language entry checked for this place.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Khoyniki",
          "why": "Russian-based international spelling; French uses ï in Khoïniki."
        },
        {
          "name": "Chojniki",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin and Polish spelling explicitly given in the French reference entry."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Khoiniki is a district town in the Homiel region of southeastern Belarus. It is a base for the Polesia State Radioecological Reserve, which covers land affected by the Chornobyl disaster.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Khoiniki is the established English rendering chosen here; Khoyniki is Russian-based. Chojniki is both the Belarusian 2007 national/UN 2012 spelling and a Polish spelling; Belarusian domestic romanization rules changed in 2023.",
  "rank": 772,
  "slug": "khoiniki"
}